Mendeley Alternatives

Mendeley is described as 'Helps manage and share academic knowledge: Mendeley Desktop is free academic software (Windows, Mac, Linux) for organizing and sharing research papers and generating bibliographies with 1GB of free online storage to automatically back up and synchronize your library' and is a very popular research manager in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Mendeley for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Mac, Windows, Linux and iPhone apps. The best Mendeley alternative is Zotero, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Mendeley are Qiqqa, JabRef, EndNote and BibSonomy.

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  1. Refeus icon
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    Refeus is a software to simplify scientific work. Refeus supports the complete workflow from collecting and managing content and publications to write and publishing documents.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. Citationsy icon
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    Perhaps the world’s best reference tool. Create citations, reference lists and bibliographies.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. Ubinum icon
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    Ubinum is a groundbreaking new way for laboratory scientists to connect with peers, elevate their digital presence, and cooperate for the greater good.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  4. ResearchCollab is a web-based research collaboration platform designed to support individual researchers and teams throughout the research process.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  5. 'Read by QxMD' provides a single place to keep up with new medical & scientific research, read outstanding topic reviews and search PubMed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Online
     
  6. BibKit icon
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    BibKit is smoother, cleaner, and easier to use than old-school citation managers. Drop PDFs or .bib files, review the result, repair metadata, and export clean LaTeX-ready BibTeX without fighting a database-style interface.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Afforai icon
     2 likes

    Afforai is the AI-powered reference manager for modern researchers, helping researchers manage, annotate, cite papers and conduct literature reviews with AI reliably. Afforai was built to assist every kind of researcher, whether you are a student, professor, or researcher of 50-years.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. OutWit Docs icon
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    Your free Webtop document harvester. With OutWit Docs you will find text documents, datasheets, PDF files, presentations from multiple online sources

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Firefox
     
  9. AnswerThis icon
     1 like

    Advanced AI tool for academic research delivers in-depth literature reviews, citing over 200 million sources, summarizing findings, supporting uploads, chat-based queries, user libraries, editable reviews, and free or pro access for various needs.

    17 AnswerThis alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. BibTeXSearch icon
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    A scientific record discovery tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. bibus icon
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    Bibus is a bibliographic database. It uses a MySQL or SQLite database to store references. It can directly insert references in OpenOffice.org and MS Word and generate the bibliographic index.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. Mick Schroeder’s automatic citation generator. Create a bibliography from a URL, PubMed ID, DOI, ISBN, etc… Style with AMA, APA, APA, NLM, + 9000 more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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